ng'amba

Cognate with Tumbuka ng'amba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋa.ᵐba/

ng'amba class 9 (plural ng'amba class 10)

1. period without rain
   1. (by extension) break (few days without rain in the rainy period)
2. tear, rip
3. rent
4. burnt

• Steven Paas (2016), Oxford Chichewa-English/English - Chichewa Dictionary‎^[1], Oxford University Press, page 395

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋɑᵐba/

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ng'amba class IX (plural ng'amba class X)

1. turtle's shell

ng'amba class I/IX (plural ng'amba class II/X)

1. turtle, tortoise

From Chichewa ng'amba (“break in the rains”).

ng'amba class 9 (plural ng'amba class 10)

1. break in the rains of dry weather.

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[2], Central Africana Limited, page 82